Romanov
Active Member
Rumour: The river valley company, developers behind little brick and umphreville block are looking to develop something across the street from the brewery, adjacent to or part of Dub's proposal.
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David A
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Given the speed Mr D operates at, perhaps across the street will happen first.
Gronk!
Senior Member
On the agenda: Zoning bylaw, Rossdale development, tax incentives for carbon capture
The final week of meetings before city council's summer break is packed with discussions about the zoning bylaw, a proposed development in Rossdale, a possible tax incentive for carbon capture projects, and much more.
edmonton.taproot.news
- Council is scheduled to debate a rezoning application for a development in Rossdale. Gene Dub, a local developer and architect who designed Edmonton City Hall and other notable buildings, has proposed to build three residential buildings with up to 490 rental units in Rossdale. Each building would use a sloping design to increase in height from one to 17 storeys. Dub said he believes the development won’t be at risk of flooding, even as updated forecasting models suggest two of the three buildings would be in water in the event of a hundred-year flood.
Gronk!
Senior Member
IanO
Superstar
Here's hoping it passes and moves forward.
NicolBolas
New Member
I really hope this goes through, Edmonton is in desperate need of interesting architecture.
constance_chlore
Active Member
I would like to see this built, but Dub's response to the flooding concerns feels very... made up?
archited
Senior Member
Not really -- there are all kinds of architectural mitigation methodologies that can deal with flood events (granted, not often deployed), but in my discussions with Gene Dub he has a good handle on ways to deal with these events.
IanO
Superstar
Any word? Did they even get to it?
CplKlinger
Senior Member
Nope, it was pushed to the August 19(?) public hearing.
TAS
Senior Member
Relitigation of zoning bylaw taking up a good amount of public hearing time to the detriment of other projects.
But it's a significant issue for many - likely one of the top election issues.
NicolBolas
New Member
Unfortunately PIPs take a significant amount of time and require a not insignificant amount of regulatory work to get there. I'm a project manager on large utility projects and with this being on a flood plane, Gene is going to need an advanced hydrology study done and likely a geotechnical survey done. All those take time.
Gronk!
Senior Member
MacLac
Senior Member
Wait what?! 17 storey design? We haven’t seen this rendering yet, have we?
Love this tidbit by the local Community league President, “……..the (old rendering, lower rise) looked a lot better in my opinion….”
Well there we have it, can’t build a 17 storey cause it doesn’t “look as good” as the other one….lol!!!
Love this tidbit by the local Community league President, “……..the (old rendering, lower rise) looked a lot better in my opinion….”
Well there we have it, can’t build a 17 storey cause it doesn’t “look as good” as the other one….lol!!!
TAS
Senior Member
I'm curious to see the older design for comparison sake.
New proposal averages 10 stories but it is staggered from 3 at one end to 17 at the other.
I appreciate this comment.
"We have thought, rather than build a 10-storey building that's conventional, we'd like to do something interesting, because it's such a prominent site," said architect Gene Dub.
"We think it's warranted to go through the expense to have an extraordinary design on such a nice site."